Native iOS · built for adults

Build a language with a method that actually sticks.

Tongueforge is a spaced-repetition app for people learning properly: typed recall, reading passages, scripted conversations, listening practice, and a smart scheduler that knows exactly when you need to see each word again. No game-layer noise, no guilt.

Six languages ready today: French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese & Italian · more on the way

How it differs

Serious tool, not streak theater.

Tongueforge is designed for adult learners reactivating dormant skills or building real production ability, not casual tap-through practice.

Typical gamified apps

Easy interaction, easy forgetting.

Recognition-heavy: multiple choice and swipe gestures let weak memories slide by.
Streak pressure: the routine becomes the product, and missing a day feels like failure.
Thin context: isolated words rarely prepare you to speak or parse the real language.
Tongueforge

Harder in the productive way.

Typed answers: you retrieve the word, tense, or phrase instead of spotting it.
Real language, not just cards: curated reading passages, scripted conversations, graded reader stories, and listening practice woven into your day.
Feedback that teaches: miss an accent and the app says “Almost, check the accents” — then has you type the correct form once, because that's the teaching moment.
Why adults choose it

Three reasons it feels different immediately.

Engine

A scheduler that knows you.

FSRS-6 spaced repetition brings each word back at exactly the moment you need to see it again — and in Advanced Mode, it can tune itself to your personal memory from your own review history.

Fewer reviews. Stronger recall.
Content

Content with real range.

Vocabulary, conjugation, cloze grammar, reading passages, dialogues, and graded reader stories — curated per language and gated to your CEFR level, from A0 to B2.

Start where you are, never drown in the wrong material.
Platform

Native, private, and fast.

Built with SwiftUI, local-first with private iCloud sync, home-screen widgets, and no ads or third-party tracking.

Your learning data stays yours, even offline.
Inside the app

Built to be used every day.

The daily loop, end to end: see what's ready, review by typing and getting corrected, and read progress that actually means something.

Tongueforge Today screen with cards ready to review

Today — what's ready, at a glance

Typed recall review card with character-level correction

Review — type it, get corrected

Progress screen with level bars and abilities

Progress — readable, honest signal

Science teaser

Desirable difficulty is the point.

Bjork's idea is simple: if practice feels too easy, it usually is. Tongueforge turns that into a daily review system with better timing, harder recall, real context, and tutor-like correction — delivered with warmth, never guilt.